Art Writer Robin Cembalest
Throughout her career, Robin has covered the people, places, and trends shaping the art world. Following is a non-chronological sampling from Robin’s hundreds of publications.
Let It Bleed: The Frightening Scene on the Met’s Roof
A history of violence resonates in Imran Qureshi's massive rooftop painting at the Metropolitan Museum, and in other shows by Benny Andrews, Nancy Spero, and more.
Let My People Show: Welcome to ‘Jew York’
Jewish art geography, from Aleph and Arbus to Robert Zimmerman
Painting Auschwitz Blue
Maurizio Cattelan, Santiago Sierra, Yishai Judisman, and the challenge of contemporary art about the Holocaust.
From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs
Art Spiegelman on storytelling, modernism, wormholes, loopholes, and the boundaries that still separate high and low.
Chasing Unicorns in Art Across the Ages
A herd of the magical, elusive creatures alights in uptown Manhattan, while others emerge in galleries and artist's studios everywhere.
Taking Roman Vishniac Out of the Ghetto
With a trove of images that were unseen and unknown, the ICP creates a nuanced portrait of the photographer best known for documenting the vanished world of Eastern European Jewry.
D.C. for ETs: Sci-fi Archeology at the Corcoran
Ellen Harvey’s mischievous exhibition, “Alien’s Guide to the Ruins of Washington, DC.,” at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
‘Hope’ Against Hope
As the legal saga around Shepard Fairey's Obama portrait draws to a close, the country has moved on.
The Ghost in the Installation
Kirk Varnedoe talks about his MoMA reinstallation, where Picasso is less prominent and Duchamp is the “recurrent, haunting ghost.”
The Metropolitan Museum’s Global Revolutionary
How Nelson Rockefeller, the original Rockefeller Republican, effected radical change by championing "Primitive" art.
The Gentle Giants of Rockefeller Center
Provoking feelings of awe—and awww, Ugo Rondinone's modern megaliths are among the public artworks redefining the idea of the monumental
A Dealer With Ideas
With her Madrid gallery and her private collection, Helga de Alvear has introduced a wave of high-concept, new-media artists to Spain.
Quitan una escultura de Richard Serra en Nueva York tras años de polémica
The twisting tale of Tilted Arc
Salvador Dalí, 1904-89
The late Catalan artist, who cultivated a cultish fame, left a complicated legacy in Spain.
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